Chris, My apologys if I've got my wires crossed. I thought your original post was referring to compassion when you said that, "sit, allow your body/mind to stop twisting itself up, see that we are all one, all changing, and fundamentally ok, and allow that belief to soak into you body so that your body/mind components are confident and able to see when action is appropriate", then perhaps that is more acceptable.
And also: >Many Zen groups do sponsor outward facing activity; many more individuals who >undertake training also perform actions of benefit to others; >however the zen >model is to make no more fuss about that than a hand adjusting the pillow for >the head; of course that's what the hand does, no big >deal. I took the above as talking about compassionate 'action' and my point was referring to how that action was performed - by thought or 'thoughtless' intuition. The point about Red Cross parcels being sent to orphans wasn't really being addressed to what you said, but rather that compassion arises in every action of the awakened rather than just the obvious ones (which anyone can do - even cynically). Mike ________________________________ From: Chris Austin-Lane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 8 March, 2011 23:17:13 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Two Potent Quotes It is just clear. My original post wasn't about sending food to the hungry orphans, I am not sure where you got that; or compassion either. --Chris On Mar 8, 2011 3:38 AM, "mike brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >Chris, > > >>At the time, in the moment, it is clear. > >Do you mean it is consciously clear (as in an active judgement) or intuitively >clear, without thought? For me, I still see compassion arising from any >action performed in the awakened 'state'- sending Red Cross parcels to >children >in Eithiopia is beside the point. > >Mike > > > ________________________________ From: Chris Austin-Lane <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected]: Tue, 8 March, 2011 13:54:13 >Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Two Potent Quotes > > > > >At the time, in the moment, it is clear. I did not mean something which would >be >labelled approp... > > > > > >Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are >reading! Talk about it tod...
